How many episodes are in The Copenhagen Test?

The Copenhagen Test has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does The Copenhagen Test premiere?

The Copenhagen Test premieres on 2025-12-27.

Is The Copenhagen Test a new series?

The Copenhagen Test is a new series (Season 1).

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The Copenhagen Test(2025)

Also known as Copenhagen

Archived · Peacock

7.112+8 eps

S01

MysteryAction & AdventureScience FictionThriller

ON AIR: DEC 27Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

The Copenhagen Test makes espionage uncomfortably intimate: a conversation, a kiss, or a private moment can become information for someone listening inside the analyst’s head. Its near-future technology feeds a paranoid, twitchy atmosphere, with the need to appear normal turning ordinary interactions into exercises in concealment. Bursts of action and chases interrupt the quieter dread of being observed without knowing who is watching.

Across eight episodes, the mystery advances one reveal at a time, with shifts in trust complicating the analyst’s search for the culprits. Neither the intelligence agency nor the hackers offer a comfortable position. He has to investigate while concealing that investigation from people who can access his senses, making his own perception both a tool and a dangerous source of exposure.

Best for

paranoid spy suspense, high-tech conspiracy and Mystery

Story lane

Mystery and Action & Adventure

Commitment

Season 1 · 8 episodes

Where

Peacock

Official Premise

A first-generation analyst realizes his brain's hacked, allowing access to his senses. Stuck between the agency and hackers, he acts normal to reveal the culprits.

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Strongest Match

The Copenhagen Test and The Capture make ordinary screens and conversations feel unsafe, with tense scenes built around watching closely and doubting what is real. The Copenhagen Test turns that unease inward through a hacked analyst’s senses, while The Capture makes CCTV footage the source of a fast-moving London mystery.

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Why this pick

The Copenhagen Test and Dark Matter turn a familiar life into a source of creeping unease, keeping the suspense close to identity, trust, and the people someone loves. The Copenhagen Test is twitchy spy fiction about private moments being watched, while Dark Matter follows a father through eerie versions of home and family.

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Apple TV • Sep 16, 2026

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Why this pick

The Copenhagen Test and Slow Horses keep spy work tense with secrets, sudden danger, and characters forced to act normal while trust wears thin. The Copenhagen Test leans into near-future surveillance paranoia, while Slow Horses adds dry office jokes and a scruffy team of demoted agents whose small wins come at a cost.

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